Ingredient framework; direct source links are available in the studies library when published.
How it works
Sense -- gingerols and shogaols act on prostaglandin and leukotriene synthesis, the pathway behind ginger's studied effects on inflammatory signalling markers
Exchange -- associated with faster gastric emptying and altered motility, the most consistently reproduced human finding in the ginger literature
Sense -- acts at TRPV1 receptors, the same channel capsaicin binds, which is the mechanistic basis for its warming sensory character
Maintain -- studied for effects on proinflammatory cytokines in older adults, with effect sizes that vary considerably between trials
Form matters
The same nutrient can be made in very different forms -- and a study done on one form does not automatically apply to another. Methylcobalamin is not cyanocobalamin; magnesium glycinate is not magnesium oxide; a whole-food extract is not the synthetic isolate that was studied. Two things decide whether what is in the bottle behaves like the research: the exact form, and independent lab verification (a Certificate of Analysis) that the form and dose on the label are truly what is inside. Without a COA, you are trusting a label, not the science.
The science on Ginger root extract
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